Meeting February 9 - The Year 2000 Situation

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Preceding the beginners meeting, we'll announce the results of the KLUG
elections and hold the investiture of new Officers and volunteers. This is
the last such meeting we'll have for a WHOLE YEAR, so please come meet the
people who will lead us into the year 2000.

The "Year 2000 bug", or "The Millennium Problem", AKA "The Y2K problem" has
been the cause of much worry, concern, and expense for software developers and
users.

With less than 11 Months to go before the calendar turns, we'll take a look 
at the problem, some of the solutions, and relate all of this (and time 
permitting, so to speak) to Linux development, and perhaps other time (and 
data-related) problems. With the total bill for this approaching $400 Billion, 
and a brain-drain of several years, it might be important to recognize these 
kinds of problems in the future.

Robert Kiesling is an invited guest panelist has been writing with
and about computers for over 15 years. He has been using Linux since 1991.
The maintainer of the Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers (FAQ)
list (posted monthly on comp.os.linux.annouce),
and editor of Dr. Linux 6th Ed. and Linux Systems Labs' Linux Installation
and Getting Started. This is Robert's second appearance as a guest speaker,
the first time on the Panel in Linux distributions in November.

Robert Brown is a founding member and current chairman of KLUG, and has over
20 years experience in software development in numerous environments,
disciplines, and industries. Having written his first Y2K-compliant application
in 1977, Bob has been keenly aware of this problem for some time, and has now
managed or worked on 4 different Y2K-related projects.  When he's not bouncing 
between network nodes, or clients, he can be seen cycling on the Kal-Haven 
trail, hiking the countryside in search of nature photographs, or helping 
to organize volunteer activities around computing, for KLUG and the ACM 
(Association for Computing Machinery).
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Coming to three meetings qualifies you as a full member of KLUG, meaning that 
you can participate in the process of making formal decisions, including vot-
ing for officers.

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Our meeting place, THIS TUESDAY at 7 PM is:

   The Community Education Center (Chenery Auditorium),
   714 South Westnedge Avenue.
   The Building is located between Vine and Dutton Streets on the West side of
   Westnedge, about 7 blocks from Downtown Kalamazoo.

        A map is available on our website.

All are welcome.

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The KLUG web site is:

    http://klug.armintl.com/